As soon as I realized it wouldn't be easy, I decided to give up for now. The mission has no time limit, just like Mikoto's and Ais's.

  Ais's mission... she o fess her love to me.

  Will that happen during our dinner?

  No notifications from the system appeared. When Lili pletely fell in love with me, the system notified me, but that hasn't happened yet.

  "Shall we go?" Ais said. We had all finished eating and decided to tinue expl the dungeon. My goal within the dungeon is to reach Rivira.

  I'm curious to see what that pce is like in person. It was beautiful in the anime, and the novel described it as magnifit. Is it that incredible?

  "If you want to go to Rivira, we go there today. It won't be as hard as it seems."

  "Are you sure?"

  "Yes, we get there without any trouble. roup is strong enough. Did y enough food and water?"

  I had stored many water bottles and stuffed bread in my iory. I don't just use my iory in the dungeon but outside of it, too.

  "Are you sure? Won't it take too long? We just reached the 10th floor."

  "We haven't been here for long, right?" Tiona tilted her head. "It hasn't been two hours since we ehe Dungeon, and we're already here."

  "If you're fih it, let's go to Rivira. I'm curious," I said.

  "Luan, you told us you usually explore the Dungeon alone, didn't you?" Tiona asked.

  "I prefer it because I like using my abilities and running through the dungeon. I enjoy quick explorations and killing as many monsters as possible."

  "If you had a group, you could go deeper easily. You're strong, much strohan you look."

  "What do you mean by strohan I look? Don't I seem strong?"

  "That's not what I meant. You're an unknown adventurer, right? I think no one besides us knows how strong you are. People probably uimate you."

  "You're right. But I don't mind. I like being alone."

  "..." Ais stopped walking and looked at me. "Even though you enjoy expl the Dungeon alone, we'll always be avaible if you want our help."

  "Oh?" Tiona's eyes sparkled. "What's this? Do you want to spend more time with Luan, by any ce?"

  Ais smacked Tiona's head. "Don't say such silly things. He's a friend, and I want to help him," Ais said, her face flushed.

  I smiled bitterly and then looked at Tione, who had been silent the whole time.

  She was strangely staring at me. Is she suspeg something?

  Is she suspeg something even though I used [Reset]?

  No, that's not it.

  'I think I was looking at her in a very perverted way earlier. I got excited because of the mission.'

  I smiled at her and moved on.

  "Let's go—toward Rivira."

  Once we get there, I'll think about how to plete the mission. Even though there's no time limit, having hidden sex with Tione was quite exg.

  I want that experience again, but this time without Ais or Tiog us.

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  After more exploration, we finally left the 12th floor aered the 13th. It was pletely different from anything I had seen before. The floor, walls, and ceiling were made of rock, and there were numerous pathways.

  The enviro was humid and dark.

  The girls were used to it, but this was my first time seeing it, and I retty impressed.

  "Is this really your first time here? You could reach this floor alohout any problem with your strength. The real challearts after the 15th floor. That might be a bit tricky," Ais said.

  We walked through the 13th floor, heading toward the pathway to the 14th floor.

  If I recall correctly, paths leading to lower floors appear randomly, but they probably know how to find them. A map would be handy for that. A Dungeon map is a reward I desire.

  I hope the system gives me one.

  "Holy, I think I could explore the 15th to 17th floors alone. I just haven't do because I'm zy and cautious."

  "Don't be overfident; it could put you in tricky situations," Tiona said.

  "As I mentioned, I'm very cautious, which is why I hadn't e to these floors before. But it's much easier than I expected."

  Even after several minutes, no monsters appeared.

  We kept expl.

  Until the first monsters showed up—hellhounds. Monsters with dark fur and fiery red eyes. Ais and the others remained calm, so I stayed calm, too.

  "I want to fight them," I said.

  "Are you sure about that? you ha alone?"

  "There are only four of them; I'll be fine," I replied to Ais.

  "All right, but try not to get hit directly by them."

  I pulled my sword from my iory and faced the Hellhounds.

  Grrrr~~

  Grrr~~

  The monsters growled, fmes beginning to form around them. Then, I disappeared, reappearing right behind them.

  Ssh~~

  I cut through all the wolves with one , swift swing of my long-bded sword. They stopped growling, their fmes extinguished, and their bodies became particles.

  All of them were killed in one sed with a single move.

  I put my sword ba my iory and smiled at the three of them.

  "How was it?"

  The three of them were amazed. It was the first time I had shown them my teleportation skill so clearly.

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